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A photograph in a community hall with blue plastic chairs and a red carpet runner leading through a decorated doorway with painted pillars showing elephants and flowers. A barefoot man in a saffron-orange robe with a white and red flower garland walks in with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling. Beside him, a man in white kurta and dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl stands with hands folded. A man in a white shirt at right claps and another in white kneels at the lower right, with a crowd in white clothes seated behind. A blue stage backdrop with a banner is visible at the back. Printed copyright text overlays the lower right.

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December 11 20052005-12-11A photograph of a figure in a saffron-orange robe walking down a red carpet between two rows of seated women with palms pressed together in anjali. The central figure wears a large pink and white garland and a long beaded necklace, with hands held in namaste. The women wear white and cream sarees with gold borders, and some wear green or pale blue. Behind them are red-curtained walls, a tent with green and red garlands, and a person filming with a video camera near a window. The setting looks like a hall with blue and red plastic chairs.2009-09-15January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20092009-09-15Photograph of a hall with a polished marble floor and colourful striped bunting hanging from the ceiling. Two rows of people stand with palms pressed together in anjali along both sides, men in white on the left and women in white and blue saris on the right. In the centre, two figures in saffron/orange robes walk forward down the aisle, one with a rudraksha mala around the neck, followed by a man in white. A deity shrine with garlands is visible at the far end, and a small wooden pedestal or table sits near the aisle. Several people are seated on the floor in the background. The scene suggests a satsang or puja procession.2010-10-07December 11 20052005-12-11December 04 20102010-12-04October 12 20102010-10-12 +1 copiesA photograph inside a hall with white plastic chairs and a red carpet runner. In the centre, a person with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron robe, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside them, a bearded man in an orange shawl over white dhoti walks with a hand on the other's shoulder. Behind them, devotees in white sarees and white shirts press their palms together, and a man in a white shirt stands near the doorway. An arched window with green and orange patterned glass sits above the open doors, and a blue plastic chair is at left. Several other people stand or sit in the background.2005-12-11A photograph of an indoor hall with a row of white plastic chairs and a central aisle marked with yellow lines. A figure in a flowing orange-saffron robe with long, dark, swept-back hair walks forward with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. The figure's distinctive hair and saffron robe are a person cues, though the appearance is not fully certain. To the left, a man in a white dhoti and shirt bows with folded hands. Behind them, participants in white and cream ritual clothes, several women in cream saris with gold borders and an orange sari, stand with hands joined. Men in white kurtas and dhotis line the right side with hands folded, and one seated woman in a wheelchair appears at the lower right. Festive woven hangings with elephant motifs in orange, yellow and red decorate the ceiling and pillars, and a dark curtain hangs at the back.2006-10-08September 15 20092009-09-15A festive temple procession walks along a red carpet beneath a decorated canopy hung with colourful painted panels, yellow and green hangings, and golden foliage. At centre, a bearded man in a rust-orange robe wears a long white and pink flower garland and walks barefoot, smiling. Two young men in saffron-orange cloth with rudraksha malas precede him: one at left carries a silver-ornamented brass vessel, a second in orange and gold border dhoti holds a tray. Men in white dhotis with gold borders and a woman in a yellow sari follow. A cameraman with a shoulder camera films beside a man in a green jacket with palms joined, and a bowing man in white with a red rudraksha mala kneels at lower right. Several people in white and devotees with hands folded line the sides; an elderly woman in green at left joins palms.2016-12-15 +1 copies